Working. Success story, singapore celebrates 50 years of independence. First the iraqi Prime Minister wants to abolish the post of Vice President and deputy Prime Minister. Haider alabadis proposal still needs to be approved by the parliament but it could upset iraqs delicate balance. Mohammed jamjun, do you believe they played a part in the decision they made today . Very good question, leading up to today on many occasions in the past weeks, you have heard from iraqi Prime Minister haider alabadi, warned repeatedly iraqi politicians that they must get their act together, they must show the public that theyre doing their utmost to fight corruption. He sense thread was a bit of revolutionary sentiment growing from this protest and government officials best be warned about the protests on the street. There is a direct correlation. One more thing to note. Just on friday you had the highest religious authority, shia authority, to the highest shia cleric, ali al sistani, to give him a green light, to show the iraqi public they are battling corruption. We are at one of the protests and there were thousands of people in tahrir square, all of them saying these were apolitical protests that even though there are a number of security challenges in iraq the people are fed up with the power cuts, during the sweltering blazingly hot heat wave, not having air conditioning for their homes, not having clean Drinking Water, their basic human rights. So the fact this decision comes today even though it is causing shock waves amongst the political elite here, it is not much of a shock. Mohammed, he has made the proposal, what happens next . Reporter yeah, thats a very good question. Iraqi politics are notoriously slow. As you mentioned in your lead in to me, right now you have the decision thats been made. Then the cabinet must meet with the Prime Minister. They need to approve it. Then it gets really bottlenecked. Because then it goes to parliament. And thats when sectarian politics are really going to be an issue and youre going to have a lot of debate and a lot of argument. I would say that its safe to assume that this is a process that could take weeks, could possibly take months. Because these kinds of things are going to be very difficult to get through parliament. At least thats the mood here in the street in baghdad as far as what people are expecting. Then if it were to the ratified in parliament it needs to go back to the parliament to be executed and implemented. Even though this is causing shock waves today, this is a big headline, it is not something that is going to happen immediately and you can bet there will be a lot of members of parliament that will be disapproving it and it will take some time. Very quickly mohammed. You mentioned the battle against corruption. Does this imply that the six people that could be affected by this move are corrupt . Or is this just a case of making the system more efficient . Reporter the statement that was issued by Prime Minister abadi is not singling these six officials which include nueri al maliki, it doesnt need to be so many ministers, so many deputy ministers, so many body guards Walking Around as official entourages here. The corruption, bureaucracy is going to be cut, red tape going to be cut. At least the Prime Minister is trying to show the iraqi people that hes doing his utmost that officials dont have more privileges than regular people. Mohammed jamjun, thank you. Almost a year after the u. S. Coalition began targeting i. S. I. L. Targets, the strategy is not working and it may even back fire they say. The units may have lost some territory. Safe in turkey but they hide their identities to protect their colleagues back home. But this hasnt stopped their informants in rikka to save their city. Their information suggests that u. S. Led Coalition Air strikes have done little damage to i. S. I. L. Inside the city. These activists tell us that solely relying on the kurds is working in i. S. I. L. s favor. Translator u. S. Support for Kurdish Militia has caused age are among the arabs. Many of them went south to rakka and some are now saying they fear the kurds more than i. S. I. L. The u. S. Is now trying to put together an army of its own to fight i. S. I. L, the new Syrian Forces, to partner with the factions on the ground but there are those who warn against this. Any force linked to the u. S. And doesnt fight the Syrian Government will be looked upon with suspicion. Nationalist agendas the u. S. Wont work with them because they are religious. Reporter the new Syrian Forces are supposed to lead the ground assault, but even before they deployed in the battlefield some of them have been captured in the ground by syrias el nusra front. Many rebels wont join because it wont fight the syrian regime. Syrian rebel groups consider both the government and i. S. I. L. As enemies. Translator there wont be any solution unless the coalition can move freely to iraq and other areas in syria. Reporter for now the focus is to clear i. S. I. L. From the northwest. If the campaign succeeds, it will stop the flow of foreign fighters but this wont defeat i. S. I. L. In syria and the coalitions choice of partners may create even more inn miss on the ground. Zeina khodr, al jazeera, southern turkey. Posted troops on syrias southern border. Last month a turkish fighter was killed on the southern border, fighting syrian incursions into its territory. Another night of violence in a town in southeastern turkey and has been growing in the region since the military stepped autops up attacks on kuh forces. Turks have been showing their anger on the government. Thousands moved through central paris in the german city of cologne. Pro Government Forces in yemen have taken the city of zinzibar from forces to launch their offensive on the capital of the southern avian province. On tuesday they seized the kia base of al anad to its north. Yemens Third Largest city of taizz continues to be hit. At least eight civilians were killed in the latest round of fighting. Pictures appear to show blood stained floors of one home. Houthi forces still control taizz but Government Forces are pushing north to try to retake city. Meanwhile, the United Arab Emirates says three of its forces have been killed taking part in the saudiled campaign. Meanwhile the president of the International Committee of the red cross has arrived in the capital city of sanaa on a two day visit. Hes trying to highlight the worsening humanitarian situation. More than 16 million yemenis are in need of aid and many lack the access to food or clean water. More than a dozen people in central mali including five government workers when the Government Troops stormed the capital. Hostages were freed. Well in the next few hours haitians are set to vote in the first legislative elections in four years. There are concerns over security and violence but also fears that the low voter turnout could harm the elections legitimacy. Rob rendz reports. In the haitian country side, life is hard, resources are scarce. People here in the village fetch their Drinking Water from the same stream that their animals wade in. The family scrapes by on the meager earnings of her husband a day laborer. Translator the government doesnt provide any services for us. Reporter the head of the government that leaves her to fend for herself, president michel martelly, was making campaign promises, asking them for votes. Years of natural disasters have left haiti a hollowed out state. U. N. Agencies and nondeposittal organizations or ngos. Many haitians resent this. Its like those guys, lets help them. But the distrust is they always want to think for us to design for us to do things for us. Reporter haitis Prime Minister admits theres a problem. We are conscious of it how it has affected the sovereignty of our country. A long continuing crisis of instability. Reporter this University Student says haiti would be better off on its own. Translator i think they should go. They brought us cholera, they brought us misery. Reporter volunteers from doctors without borders, the legality system would get worse. Education too depends on outsiders, 90 of schools are operated or funded by churches and foreign organizations. One bright spot is policing. Thed of the u. N. Police operation says the Haitian National police or hnp is doing a job of law and order. It is a myth to say that the hnp is not doing it now. I see it every day. My officers are not involved in managing the security across the country as much as the hnp is. Sundays elections if successful will be a major step towards haiti reclaiming its sovereignty. Rob rendz, a reynolds, al jazee, poarpts. Portauprince. Soybeans are on the menu in afghanistan. How they could nourish a population suffering from malnutrition. Malnutrition. Welcome back. Just remind you of our top stories on al jazeera. The iraqi Prime Minister wants to abolish the posts of deputy Prime Minister, he still needs the agreement of the parliament. I. S. I. L. Positions in iraq and syria, the group has lost some territory but still controls its de facto capital, raqqa. Four years of delays, 139 seats of up for grabs in haitian haiti with nearly 1800 candidates looking to fill them. Memorial ceremonies are being held in japan to mark 70 years since the u. S. Dropped an atomic bomb on the city of nagasaki. [ bell tolling ] 70,000 people died from the attack taking place three days after the atomic bombing of the city hiroshima. Japans relationship with nuclear frg has been a fraught one. Embracing Nuclear Energy has helped power the cities like nagasaki but as Harry Fawcett explains, the 2008 tsunami turned the public against it. Reporter with two cities in radioactive ruins, japans government prepared for surrender. Now, the technology that defeated the country helped power its resurgence. The bombing, we have a right to say, we have a right to promote, to change the possibility of atomic energy. United states would be more than willing. Reporter it was a policy that coincided with u. S. President Dwight Eisenhowers atoms for peace. In particular, when a japanese fishing boat was doused in the fallout from a u. S. Test at bikini atoll. Thought it was a strange snow fall but the symptoms came later. My face turned black and my skin started to fall off. But i concealed it from everyone because i didnt want my family and i to face discrimination. Reporter renewed Nuclear Fears manifested in theaters that year. Godzilla. As japan began to build Nuclear Power plants in the 1960s. Astroboy, his creator always denied he was a pronuclear symbol but he carries a Nuclear Plant to a far off jungle where it saves freezing jungles and survives a Nuclear Tsunami unscathed. Japanese factories fooultd by Nuclear Energy exported products and knowhow to the world and child with what people in this country were experiencing. And in 2011 Nuclear Power and the institutions designed to ensure its safety were shaken to its core. In the face of the feuks fukusha power, Nuclear Power plants have been shut. Peoples opinions have been split but those who hadnt thought about Nuclear Power before, did so after the incident. The sendai plant is set to be the first since fukushima to restart. Harry fawcett, al jazeera, tokyo. And staying with that story, there have been protests of the restarting of sendai power plant. It will be the first to go back on line under new Safety Standards following the fukushima disaster. Hundreds have gathered in kabul to remember victims of fridays bomb attacks. Candles were lit in memory of the 44 that were killed in the afghan capital. Highest number of civilian casualties in a single day since 2009. Taliban says it was behind one of the bombings. Lets stay in afghanistan. More than 40 of children under the age of 5 are stunted because of malnutrition. But a new addition to the afghan diet could help ease this chronic problem. From kabul Jennifer Glasse explains. Mohammed says he has tripled his soybean crop from last year thats because the flour from last years crop was such a suck. They mixed it fro with the regular flour and people like it, it kept the bread fresh and there was lots of protein. A better option than beef, chicken or eggs. Despite billions of dollars of aid, four out of 10 afghan children are opportunitied and almost four out of ten women of reproductive age are underweight. This is where soy could make a real difference here. Bread is a staple in the afghan diet but in thousands of bakeries in kabul alone, only 60 use soy flour. This man started using soy to his bread months ago. Its better for your children your family your health. Reporter a lot of his bread goes to hospitals and orphanages. Soybean is a new concept in afghanistan therefore, we have soy cookies, soy milk, in afghanistan. Reporter but the only kabul store doesnt have many customers. Soy is a new product here. Around the country an estimated 12,000 farmers grow soybeans on 6,000 acres of land. Much more land than that is used to grow opium poppy but on the plain farmers like this person are making a start. New front line in afghanistans battle against malnutrition. Jennifer glasse, al jazeera, kabul. The civil war in peru left thousands of people dead or missing. After years of investigations the National Prosecutors office is returning the remains of victims to their loved ones. Mary anna reports now from the country. Received the remains of 57 men, women and children recovered from mass graves in clandestine burial sites. Forgive the acts against human rights, forgive the state, forgive us because the state committed atrocities against their life. In 1980 the shining path launched an effort against the state. Perus poorest andeans, and the shining path committed atrocities. Now families have the ability to identify their loved ones. The military killed 16 family members and disappeared most of the remains, only her her father and brother survived and now after 30 years their little sister has been identified. Translator its so painful to remember that time. The killings of innocent children and pregnant women. It hurts to have no family. Reporter 2800 remains have been given up by the ground and half of them returned to their families but thousands of peruvians are unaccounted for. Translator they are afraid to get involved in the Legal Process and fear for their security. If they could give information about the process investigations could speed up. The eujts working group on forced disappearanced the United Nations working group on forced dizzy appearances, doesnt have a policy to search for disappeared. Thats why families are demanding that the government pass a law that will help thousands of families like this one to find their loved ones. The family of the woman is one of the 70 families in the tiny village who has been looking for their dead for years. We are happy now we are together with my mother and stepfather. We can visit them in the cemetery and will always remember them. Reporter for this family now there is su some relief, afr decades of time they can find some peace. Al jazeera, peru. Families are gathering for the national day parade, the island citystate has become one of the worlds leading economies and is seen by many as a model of success. But as sahal raman reports, that success hasnt always come easy. He has lived through all of singapores modern history. Owned this comic bookstore in the final part of the city. In his day he was at the forefront of a changing singapore. As an assistant superintendent of the police force he was part of a team that saw colonial rulers lead and fight communist ideology at the cold war. I have no doubt we will get to where we are today. Because i knew our former Prime Minister was capable of taking us to where we were. That former Prime Minister was lee quo juan u. New shiny sky scraichers sit side by side with their predecessors. With a country that is proud of its age its history and its achievements. Young and old are visiting galleries and museums. The weather is not putting off the thousands of decided to share the 50th anniversary of singapores independence. For some like historian jay adorani, remembering the past is a humbling experience. We didnt have electricity, we didnt have safety, i came home one day, being told at 80 years old we were being linked to the national grid. Thats the kind of life we went through. Reporter for many the fast past cannot be returned. The death of lee earlier this year. The direction that the island nation moves towards. Back at bills shop hes proud of the medals hes earned for dedicated service. Eager to make sure his street doesnt forget the sacrifices of the Second World War and independence. So for now theyre happy to join the party. Sahil raman, al jazeera, singapore. Just a reminder, you can keep up with all our top stories on our website, the address is aljazeera. Com, youll find the latest there on news coming out of iraq, too. Too. This is techknow. A show about innovations that can change lives. The science of fighting a wildfire. Were going to explore the intersection of hardware and humanity, but were doing it in a unique way. This is a show about science. 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